Joe Battista

"Coach" Battista is a professional speaker, consultant, coach, columnist, and author of "The Power of Pragmatic Passion – 7 Common Sense Principles for Achieving Personal and Professional Success." Joe has spent his career helping to create, build, grow, and transform organizations and teams in business and in professional and collegiate sports. Clients have included Medtronic, Nationwide, Baker Tilly, Ameriprise, USA Hockey, Penn State Athletics, and the Big Ten Conference. Joe is a former Vice President of the Buffalo Sabres and Director of Amateur Hockey for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was also an Associate Athletic Director and a Hall of Fame Hockey Coach at Penn State.